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On July 2, IA Radio Liberty published: “On May 28, the brothers Abrol and Shukhrat Dusmukhammedov were detained at the airport in Tashkent, who were on the list of wanted persons for the past five years and returned to their homeland, believing the prosecutor’s words not to send them to prison in case of voluntary […]

Today, hundreds of Muslims are imprisoned in Russia’s prisons because of their participation in Hizb ut Tahrir’s work. They were falsely accused of “terrorism” based on the 2003 Supreme Court’s shameless decision to classify Hizb ut Tahrir as a terrorist organization. According to this unique decision, the Islamic Political Party became a “terrorist” party. With […]

“We, as the Uyghurs living abroad are pleading to you with the following, if you have decided to hand back the 11 Uyghurs in your custody, instead of handing them back to the Chinese government, it would be better, for the following reasons, if you just killed them yourselves.

On January 15, IA “TELEARNA” reported on its website: “130 parents of schoolchildren can be held administratively liable for their unwillingness to comply with the school dress code in South Kazakhstan. Almost 400 pupils of the region’s schools wear headscarves and other religious attributes. The implementation of the secular state standards in the educational institutions […]

Bukhari on the authority of Abu Musa the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Verily, Allah Most High gives rope to the oppressor so that when He seizes him, he does not get away.”The he صلى الله عليه وسلم recited:

Election criticised by western observers for irregularities and lack of competition as Karimov wins more than 90% of preliminary vote

Alec Luhn

Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan’s authoritarian president since 1990, has won re-election in a predictable landslide victory that will put him in office for another five years.

According to preliminary results announced on Monday by the central Asian state’s electoral commission, Karimov, 77, won 90.39% of the votes in Sunday’s election, which was roundly criticised by western observers for irregularities and lack of competition.

Critics say incumbent, who is without a credible election opponent, is flouting constitution by standing again after 25 years in office

Joanna Lillis in Tashkent

Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan’s president, heads for the polls on Sunday, in a vote guaranteed to cement another five years in office for the septuagenarian leader who has ruled the repressive central Asian state with an iron fist for a quarter of a century.

Karimov is being castigated by critics for holding a sham election in which his rivals are effectively campaigning for him – but many voters are staunchly in favour of their authoritarian leader clinging on to power.

U.S. citizen Umar Farooq has been detained in southern Kyrgyzstan and the office of a nongovernmental organization he had been in touch with was raided.

A press release from Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security (SCNS) on March 27 said Farooq was detained March 25 after police in the southern city of Osh stopped him for a routine document check.

Bukhari on the authority of Abu Musa the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Verily, Allah Most High gives rope to the oppressor so that when He seizes him, he does not get away.”The he صلى الله عليه وسلم recited:

A prisoner thrown into a pot of boiling water; the army opening fire indiscriminately on protesters packed in a city square; parents notified of their imprisoned sons’ deaths by police who show up at the door with the bodies, sealed in bags labeled “remains nonviewable,” and told to bury the deceased quickly with minimum attendance by mourners.

For many, those are some of the first things that come to mind when Uzbekistan is mentioned.

The man who has been president while all of this happened, who created the political climate that makes such outrages possible, is Islam Karimov.

Dina’s son Botir was killed last September fighting in Syria for one of the Islamist groups opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Six months later, she is not only still struggling to cope with grief, but also facing harassment from Kyrgyzstan’s powerful secret police, the GKNB.

Bishkek (AKIpress) – islam literature National Security Committee of Kyrgyzstan in cooperation with law enforcement officers suppress activity of the active member of the Hizb ut-Tahrir religious extremist organization, the National Security Committee press service reported.

He actively carried out propaganda and recruiting work among the population, and distributed extremist literature calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order in Kyrgyzstan.

Tashkent, March 2, Interfax – Two citizens of Uzbekistan have been convicted of spreading religious extremism and propaganda for the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization, which is banned in Uzbekistan, using the Internet an official form the Uzbek Prosecutor General’s Office told Interfax on Monday.

“Robia Buribekova and Nilufar Ubaidullayeva, residents of the Tashkent region of Uzbekistan, have been convicted for spreading propaganda for the organization Hizb ut-Tahrir on the Internet,” the source said.